The main idea that we want to get across is implicit in the title: Systematic thinking - largely from the social sciences, but with the application of scientific methods and knowledge more generally...

This course is intended to serve as an introduction to the major issues of health and health care in the United States — what they are, what determines them, and how they can be altered. In so doing...

This course prepares students to understand the political and institutional environment within which public policy is formulated and implemented. The primary focus will be on policy processes within...

Taught by Towsley Policymaker in Residence Dudley Benoit, Director of Community Development Investments at Santander The course is designed to introduce students to the field of community development...

Oliver Wendell Holmes famously said that "Taxes are what we pay for civilized society," but who should pay and how much? In this course, we will develop the tools of policy analysis and economics to...

This is a short introductory course module in facilitating complex and difficult dialogic moments of engagement in the social, professional and institutional spheres of the public arena. Its purpose...

PUBPOL 495 is open to students in the Public Policy BA program, by permission only. Classic economics is based on the idea of rational actors, people making decisions that maximize their own utility...

This course is designed specifically to provide students in all degree programs at the Ford School with the fundamental mathematical tools necessary for their subsequent coursework. The course covers...